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Why Get Together? How Life, Mind, and Machines Evolve via Integration

Professor of Computer Science & Associate Professor of Computer Science

2:01:38·2026·graduate level·Public Colloquium

Joshua Bongard and Richard Watson investigate the fundamental principle of integration across biological, cognitive, and artificial systems, exploring its role in the evolution of intelligence and adaptation.

Why do things come together?

From cells forming multicellular organisms, to individuals forming societies, to components assembling into minds and machines - integration is one of the deepest patterns in nature. But why does it happen at all?

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